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February is 'cake month' according to the Saxons for all the cakes baked and offered to the gods. I heartily approve.
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Among the challenges set to the Norse gods by the devious giant Utgard was a wrestling match between Thor and some old lady - whom he could not beat. In fact, he was wrestling Elli, the avatar of Old Age herself, whom even the strongest god can’t out-wrestle...
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According to urban myths, redwood trees create a mist that drifts down and induces sleep. Some Native American myths also hint that the trees contain poison or harbour spirits. They are pretty magical to be around, like this redwood near Llangattock, Wales.
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Inuit traditional stories make reference to polar bears who transform into men, shedding their thick fur upon entering their winter dens. Like the Selkies and the swan maidens they live between worlds. Perhaps they symbolise a connection we have lost.
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The oak symbolises strength and courage and acorns were traditionally thought to bring long life and vitality. It was a custom for bridegrooms to carry acorns in their pockets and weddings would take place under ‘marriage oaks’
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The Sidhe ('She') are the Fair Folk of the Hollow Hills. They were Angels once, cast forth from Heaven for their pride. There are those who say they are the Neutral Angels that took no part in the War in Heaven and bore the healing Grail to Earth!
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Irish mythology, mermaids have a unique jewel, if a man manages to keep the treasure, the mermaid will be forced to marry him. If she recovers it, she will leave husband & children to return to the sea.
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When Whitethorn (hawthorn), a sacred tree, grows alone near streams or forts, it is considered to be the haunt and abode of fairies, and should not to be disturbed without risk of personal danger to the person who violates it.
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The Fées or fairies of rural Normandy are known as the Dames Blanches or White Ladies. They inhabit narrow places –ravines, bridges, causeways– where travellers cannot avoid them, thus obliged to pay them proper courtesies & follow their very particular wishes.
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Aztec goddess Coatlicue was magically impregnated when hit by a ball of hummingbird feathers & her son Huitzilopochtli took the form of a hummingbird to guide the Aztecs to the Valley of Mexico. Fallen Aztec warriors were said to be reincarnated as hummingbirds
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The Man in Black is one of the most common initiating spirits in traditional witchcraft. He's the father of sorcery, of enlightenment, who brings knowledge and power, a spirit of the liminal places, of the wild and the dark.
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Legend has it that a mermaid swam up to Warsaw. Local fisherman were entranced by her siren song. Another fisherman captured her. The others freed her & the mermaid thanked them by being the city's protector. You can see statues of her everywhere there now
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The Black Death was so devastating, it was made it into a character. Pesta the figure of death, going from farm to farm, spreading the plague. If she carried her rake, some of the inhabitants would survive, carrying the broom, everyone in the family would die
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#FolkloreThursday The Fates were a common motif in European polytheism, most frequently represented as a group of 3 mythological goddesses.They were often depicted as weavers of a tapestry dictating the destinies of humans.The witches in Shakespeare's 'Macbeth' resemble the Fates pic.twitter.com/zewJQly8Lh
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The Wulver - Scottish myth Lived alone in a cave on Shetland & enjoyed a peaceful life. He took pity on the needy of the isles & left fish on the windowsills of the hungry.
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Snowdrops are out! Once used to break magical enchantment, and a true antidote to shamanic plants
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La Fée aux Cheveux Verts was a wily fairy with green hair who lived in a splendid silvered palace in the sea around Marseilles, whose young handsome mariners she regularly beguiled with her beauty and fine fish.
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Amaterasu is the Shinto goddess of the sun. The emperors of Japan are said to be her direct descendants and the name of Japan, Nihon, means "origin of the sun," or as we say in English, "land of the rising sun."
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‘Found in a cave in what is now southern Germany in 1939, the Lion Man makes sense as part of a story that might now be called a myth.’
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The mythical forest of Broceliande has been “located” at several areas including the forest of Fougeres in Ille-et-Vilaine
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When these forests contain dolmens they are often seen in local folklore as being Merlin’s tomb or the home of Morgan etc. #FolkloreThursday pic.twitter.com/fZcdeNTQAq
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